The mailing list for listmasters using Sympa

[Paul Menzel <address@concealed>]

Dear Steve,


Am Sonntag, den 06.03.2016, 20:56 +0000 schrieb Steve Shipway:
> > ```
> > wwsympa[15055]: err [robot ] [client 91.51.121.4] Config error: wwsympa 
> > should run with UID 106 (instead of 33). *** Switching to maintenance 
> > mode. ***
> > ```
> 
> Here's a couple of things to check.
> 
> Look in /etc/passwd and check to see which usernames have UID 106 and 33.
> 
> Check to see which username the newly created wwsympa-wrapper.fcgi is owned 
> by.  It should usually be owned by the Sympa user, with the Setuid flag set 
> ("chmod u+s wwsympa-wrapper.fcgi")
> 
> I suspect that 33 = apache, and your wwsympa-wrapper is either the wrong 
> owner 
> (should be 106 = sympa), or it is missing the setuid flag  (so it is being 
> run 
> as the apache user rather than as sympa).

Sorry for not mentioning that. Your mapping of IDs to names is correct.

> I have noticed in the past that some of the Sympa 6.1 packages do not 
> correctly set the setuid on these files at install.

That was indeed it! Stupid me, that I didn’t find this myself. You
saved me!

I’ll submit a bug report to the Debian bug tracking system.


Thanks,

Paul

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part